Within the project, three PhD theses are sponsored by grants of the VolkswagenStiftung:

Spatial differentiation of household structures under the influence of demographic change. The case of inner city neighbourhoods in traditional industrial cities of Bytom and Gliwice
– Dariusz Gierczak, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig/Philipp University Marburg

Socio-demographic changes in the inner-city Gdańsk in the context of residential flexibility
– Maja Grabkowska, University Gdańsk

Everyday Life in Brno and Ostrava during Social Transformation: Sociability and Social Relations of Inhabitants of the Inner City
– Jana Grohmannová, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno

Additionally, further masters’ and doctoral theses are planned to be realised.